Tymoshenko. Lytvyn. Yatsenyuk. Yushchenko. Yanukovych. Courts and Elections in Ukraine: The Battle for Control of the H. Ukrainian election result suspended | Policies | Foreign aff. By Toby Vogel - 18.02.2010 / 12:19 CET Court to examine challenge to poll result made by Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko. This article is reserved for paying subscribers... Select your offer today and receive: Please log in to read this article: High Court in Ukraine Weighs Appeal on Election. Ukranian News - First Deputy Chairman Of High Administrative Cou.
Ex-Ukraine leader slams 'orange' camp for damaging ties with Rus. Ukraine's ex-president, Leonid Kuchma, blamed the country's current authorities on Wednesday for straining ties with its traditional ally, Russia. "The lion's share of responsibility for the deteriorating relations with Russia lies on the Ukrainian leadership," Kuchma told reporters. "Everything the current leaders have done was as a snub to Russia. Such policies have caused Ukraine a lot of damage, and it has not become closer to the West. " Relations between the two ex-Soviet neighbors have soured in recent years, as Ukraine's leaders swept to power by the 2004 pro-Western "orange revolution" protests, have sought to join NATO and the European Union, and more recently supported Georgia in Russia's war with the Caucasus state. The two have also been embroiled in bitter natural gas pricing and debt disputes that affected consumers in Europe.
Kuchma called the deals, which ended a gas row that led to disruptions in supplies to the EU amid freezing temperatures, "enslaving. " Communists still want portfolios : Ukraine News by UNIAN. Presidential Administration first deputy head discusses restruct.